Chloramphenicol Ophthalmic Ointment

Chloramphenicol Ophthalmic Ointment with Steroid Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic shown to have specific activity against a wide variety of organisms that are the causative agents of several disease conditions in domestic animals. Such organisms include Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Brucella bronchoseptica, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Aerobacter aerogenes, Corynebacterium renale, Salmonella species, Pseudomonas species, Shigella species, Neisseria catarrhalis, anaerobic bacteria, and many rickettsiae. Item Specifications: For Use: Dogs Size: 1/8oz supply. Indications: Chloramphenicol veterinary ophthalmic ointment 1% is appropriate for use in dogs and cats for the topical treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by pathogens susceptible to chloramphenicol. Dosage: Use as Directed by Your Veterinarian Contraindications: Chloramphenicol products must not be used in meat, egg, or milk producing animals. The length of time that residues persist in milk or tissues has not been determined. Active Ingredients: Each gram contains: Chloramphenicol 10 mg, in a light mineral oil, white petrolatum, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate base. Pharmacology: Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic providing rapid clinical response and having therapeutic activity against susceptible strains of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus hemolyticus. Precautions: Most susceptible bacteria will respond to chloramphenicol therapy in a few days. If improvement is not noted in this period of time, a change of therapy should be considered.When infection is suspected as the cause of a disease process, especially in purulent or catarrhal conjunctivitis, attempts should be made to determine through susceptibility testing, which antibiotics will be effective prior to applying ophthalmic preparations.Store at room temperature. Cautions: Federal (USA) law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Warnings: Not for use in animals which are raised for food production. Prolonged use in cats may produce blood dyscrasias. Prescription items are NON-RETURNABLE and NON-REFUNDABLE